One of the first times Jesi Stracham spoke to another wheelchair user after her accident was in an inpatient lab with a peer mentor. This was about a month after the 2015 motorcycle accident that broke Stracham’s back and left…
Month: October 2023
The day-to-day demands of work can pose many challenges when you have arthritis. That’s true whether you work at a desk job or a job that requires lifting and bending. Fortunately, a few simple principles can help most people get…
Medical treatment for your psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is essential for managing symptoms and protecting your joints. But alongside therapies and regular checkups, there are daily practices you can also adopt to promote joint health and keep flare-ups at bay. Move…
SOURCES: National Psoriasis Foundation: “CBD for Psoriasis and PsA.” FDA: “What You Need to Know (And What We’re Working to Find Out) About Products Containing Cannabis or Cannabis-derived Compounds, Including CBD,” “FDA warns 15 companies for illegally selling various products…
By Jacqueline Rosenthal, MD, as told to Keri Wiginton Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects everyone in a different way. But let’s talk a little bit about the differences we see between racial and ethnic groups when it comes to diagnosis, symptoms,…
By Bruce A. Cohen, MD, as told to Keri Wiginton We know so much more about multiple sclerosis (MS) than we used to. But one important theme is that we’ve become much better at treating the relapsing form of this…
By Lisa Lundy, multiple sclerosis case manager, as told to Keri Wiginton It’s normal to worry about the cost of multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment. You may wonder how you’ll predict anything about an unpredictable disease. While you don’t want to…
By Samantha Payne Smith, as told to Keri Wiginton I got married in 2014. I remember waking up with numb feet a couple months after we bought our house. But I didn’t think much of it at the time. I…
By Mariska Breland, as told to Camille Noe Pagán I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2002, but I’d had symptoms for at least 3 years before that. I’m 45 now, but I was just 27 at the time. Most…
By Ann Marie Johnson, as told to Shishira Sreenivas I was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) on New Year’s Eve in 2002. I was 32. At that time, I had just started embarking on my career in Brooklyn, NY….